Burgess Shale Discovery: Fishing in the Cambrian A major fossil discovery sheds new light on the origin and development of the earliest vertebrates. A key piece in the puzzle of the evolution of

Celebrate South Asian Heritage Weekend at the ROM Live Performances, Interactive Tours, Creative Activities, and more! Celebrate South Asian Heritage Weekend at the ROM on Saturday, May 31 and Sunday

New objects go on display beginning June 7, 2014 More than 50 textiles and paintings added to Forbidden City exhibition Exhibition includes rare artifacts never before seen outside of China TORONTO

The Philippines are a group of over 7,000 mountainous islands, mostly of volcanic origin, in Southeast Asia. They may be divided into three geographic areas: in the north is Luzon, mostly one large

Fashion Follows Form: Designs for Sitting features Izzy Camilleri’s adaptive clothing Journalists Jeanne Beker and Barbara Turnbull are Honorary Chairs of the exhibition Opens June 21 in the ROM’s

Celebrate Iranian Cultural Heritage Weekend at the ROM with Dance, Kids Activities, Gallery Tours, Readings, and more! Celebrate the fourth annual Iranian Cultural Heritage Weekend at the ROM on

(Toronto, May 22, 2014): Dave Ireland, the Royal Ontario Museum’s Managing Director of Biodiversity, is the winner of this year’s Environmental Studies Association of Canada's ECO-Award. This national

Ancient DNA Confirms Giant Flightless New Zealand Moa are Closely Related to South American Tinamous Ancient DNA extracted from the bones of an extinct ratite illustrates how species that look similar

By Jacqueline Waters Environmental Visual Communication graduate (2013), For the Centre of Discovery in Biodiversity, Royal Ontario Museum Well it’s official we’ve been screeched in and the team and I

As I stare out my window I can see the sunlight’s reflection on the mountains and after a busy day I am finally getting the chance to reflect on how fortunate I am to be here. This is the opportunity

New Research Suggests Shrinking helped Dinosaurs and Birds to Keep Evolving (Toronto, Ontario – May 6, 2014) A study that has ‘weighed’ hundreds of dinosaurs suggests that shrinking their bodies may

ROM Names Dr. Kim Tait as the Inaugural Teck Chair in Mineralogy (Toronto, May 6, 2014) The Royal Ontario Museum today announced the appointment of Dr. Kim Tait as the inaugural Teck Chair in

A surge in the poaching of Southern White Rhinoceros made the ROM reconsider the presentation of our iconic specimen When the Life in Crisis: Schad Gallery of Biodiversity first opened to the public

Canada Post commemorates the Royal Ontario Museum’s Centennial with two stamps (April 22, 2014) To mark the Royal Ontario Museum’s Centennial, Canada Post issued two new commemorative stamps featuring

Youngo Verma (1938-2014), Tantra 21, New Dehi, India, Graphite on Paper, 1981, 36 x 48 inches. ROM 2014.14.1 Recently, the ROM acquired a work by Canadian-Indian artist Youngo Verma (1938-2014) that